The intelligence chief of Russia’s General Staff said Friday that there are some 35,000 Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham (former al-Nusra Front) and ISIS terrorists in Syria which poses modern armaments and use partisan tactics against Syrian army forces.

The exploitation of children in the propaganda war against Syria has become routine. However, the exploitation by the parents themselves is a new low of depravity. Such is the case of Aleppo child, Bana al-Abed, and the exploitation by her parents.

The Syrian government forces have so far expelled the self-proclaimed Islamic State from 23 villages as the military campaign continues in east Aleppo countryside, the Syrian Ministry of Defense stated.

Nearly 40 people have lost their lives and dozens of others sustained injuries when a powerful bomb explosion struck near several buses carrying people from two Shia-majority villages in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, as they were waiting to enter the city of Aleppo.

U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard made new surprising remarks on Friday in which she once again supported Syrian President Bashar Assad, calling him and the Iraqi premier “the most genuine people in their efforts to fight terrorism.”

According to the sources, Syrian army in the eastern Homs have caused great blow to the terrorists. The Syrian army has achieved tremendous victory in Eastern Baydha, Aleppo, Jihar, Al Mehr gas field and Idlib while many ISIS militants have either been killed or captured.

As the US mainstream media obsessed last week about Russia's supposed “hacking” of the US elections and President Obama’s final round of Russia sanctions in response, something very important was taking place under the media radar.